Example sentences of "[noun sg] could be [vb pp] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have already mentioned that woodland could be located at a distance from the settlement , as only infrequent visits needed to be made . |
| 2 | The philosophers of pragmatism resisted the idea that experience could be frozen at a particular moment in time and analysed in chunks . |
| 3 | 144 , it was ruled that the somewhat similar provision in the English Act of 1910 against adjourning for over a month struck only at the consideration of new business and that matters before the court at the general or adjourned meeting could be considered at a further adjournment out with the month . |
| 4 | 144 , it was ruled that the somewhat similar prohibition in the English Act of 1910 against adjourning for over a month struck only at consideration of new business , and that matters before the court at the general or adjourned meeting could be considered at a further adjournment outwith the month . |
| 5 | The treaty could be signed at a UN conference on the environment and development in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , in 1992 . |
| 6 | It might be held so that this currency in turn could be used at a later date to make foreign purchases of goods or services , a method often used to hedge exchange risk . |
| 7 | Even a little food could be had at a pinch , for here and there were a few pale twists of grass and here and there a dandelion . |
| 8 | If therefore the waters of the sea showed no signs of depletion of fish , an increased supply could be produced at a lower price after a time sufficiently long to enable the normal action of economic causes to work itself out . [ … ] |